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L. L. LYNN.

SHEET METAL PACKING BOX. No. 560,140. Patented May 12, 1896.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

LElYIS L. LYNN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN BISCUIT AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SHEET-METAL PACKING-BOX.

SECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,140, dated May 12, 1896. Application filed October 30,1895. Serial No. 567,361. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS L. LYNN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sheet-Metal Packing-Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawin gs,formin g a part of this speciiication.

My invention relates to a packing-box of an improved construction which is particularly adapted to be used by retailers for keeping crackers after the original package containing themhasbeen opened and while waiting individual sales. Crackers and such commodities are usually shipped from the bakeries to the retailer in wooden boxes, the covers of which are removed to give access to the contents thereof. My invention provides a second box, in which this original box is placed after the cover has been removed, as described, which second box provides complete protection for the crackers, and which does away with the necessityv of removing them from the original package until sold.

My device possesses features of novelty hereinafter speciiically pointed out and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure I illustrates aperspective view of the box, showing one section ofthe cover thereof opened. Fig. II illustrates a vertical section through the top thereof, taken along line II II of Fig. IV, the said top or cover being closed, while the open position is represented by dotted lines. Fig. III is a detail cross-section showing the method of connecting the two sections of the cover. Fig. IV is a top view of the cover. Fig. V is an end view of the box,- the lower portion thereof being broken away to show the manner in which the original package is placed therein. Fig. YI is a detail view of a portion of one end of the cover, showing the manner of reinforcing the sheet metal. Fig. VII is a bottom view of thc portion shown in Fig. VI.

l is thebody of the box,which is constructed of any sheet metal, but preferably of tin, and is formed with a downturned top strip l, having a head lb.

2 is the side of the wooden box in which the crackers are originally placed, said box being adapted to fit inside the metal box, as shown.

3 and 4 are the two sections of the cover of the metal box, and and G are pieces or plates of wood secured beneath the two sections 3 and a to preserve the tin top from injury by objects striking or resting upon it. The rear section 3 has a downturned strip 3il fitting over the top strip lCL and a bead 3a seating on the bead ln of the body. The front section 4 has a similar downturn ed strip i, also iitting over the top strip l, having a bead also seating on the bead 1b of the body.

7 is a hinge-pin, by which the downwardlyextending lugs 7) of the cover-section 3 are connected to the lugs 7 n, located beneath the top strip l of the body l of the box, and Sis a hinge, by means of which the two sections 3 and e are secured to each other. Extending from this hinge S and acting as supports for the reinforcing wooden pieces 5 and 6 are plates 9, which extend beneath the reinforcing-pieces 5 and 6, and which are secured thereto by means of rivets or wood screws l0. At the ends of these wooden pieces 5 and G are supports l2, fastened to the end of the lidsections, and which are secured to the wooden pieces by means of indentations 13 or any other suitable fastening.

14 is a catch to secure the cover in place,

and 15 is a knob to be used in opening the same, and 16 is a rule-joint brace used for the purpose of limiting the motion of the cover of the box.

Havin g the cover formed with two sections, as described, a person is able to extract crackers from the box without opening the entire top thereof. As soon as the wooden cover is removed from the original package saidpackage is placed within the tin box without disturbing the contents of the said original package, and the box placed upon shelves or elsewhere ready for use. Grocers ordinarilykeep their crackers upon shelves, in which case by the use of my device the box may be opened without removing it but part of the way from said shelf. The box being drawn forward about half of the way the salesman is able to open the front section of the cover, as shown in Fig. I, and take the crackers therefrom. This IOO cover is then closed and the box pushed back in its proper place.

The sheet metal gives perfect protection against atmospheric influences, such as moisture, and completely protects the contents of the box from dust, insects, &c.

The crackers are completely surrounded, irst, by the original box having Wooden sides and bottom, and, second, by the tin box having both a tin and wooden top and tin sides and bottom.

lVhile I have shown the cover-sections as being secured to the body of the box by means of a rule-joint brace, I do not limit myself to this construction, as any other suitable means may be used.

Having thus fully described my invention, what Iclaiin, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A sheet-metal box comprising a bod-y l formed with a downturned top strip ln having a bead lb, the lugs 7 secured at the back of the box a distance from the top thereof, and a cover consisting,` of a rear section 3 formed with a downturned strip 3 having a bead 3b seating on the bead of the body, the

. lugs 7b secured at the back of the rear section l and extending,` a distance beneath the top of the body, the hinge-pin 7 by which the lugs are connected, the reinforcing-piece 5 secured to the rear section by a'plate 9 and end supports 12, and the front section i formed with a downturned strip l having a bead 4b also i seating on the bead of the body and hinged to the rear section, and the reinforcing-piece G secured to the front section by a plate 9 and end supports 12; substantially as described.

LEWIS L. LYNN. In presence of- AQI). MOREY, P. G. STAFFORD. 

